LITCHFIELD >> Torrington murder suspect Tosha Strahan has spent part of the past four months inside a prison cell at a women’s prison in Niantic “soul searching” on whether to forge ahead with a probable cause hearing.

On Tuesday, in a brief appearance in Superior Court, the 25-year-old Strahan agreed to waive a probable cause hearing after closely consulting with her attorney, Ira Mayo, meaning undisclosed details of what led to the death of 25-year-old boyfriend David Vazquez won’t be revealed until trial.

Flanked by defense counsel Mayo, Strahan appeared heavier, in plain grain sweats. Her supporters filed seats at the back of the courtroom, which was filled to capacity.

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She nodded and answered “yes” and “no” to questions from Judge James Ginocchio asking if she understood the implications of waiving the hearing. She replied she did and had proper time to talk to Mayo before arriving at a decision.

Mayo had asked for an extension, to Aug. 29, for a probable cause hearing.

“We felt it was better to move forward so she doesn’t have to relive the incident,” Mayo said in a phone interview. “She did her own research and soul searching, and she did not want to go through with it.”

The hearing would have been the state’s first chance to lay out its case against Strahan, who is accused of stabbing Vazquez to death in the couple’s North Elm Street apartment, in the early morning hours of Feb. 9.

Mayo said Assistant State’s Attorney Dawn Gallo hasn’t approached him with a plea offer, although he hinted Strahan could be open to working out a deal if the terms are favorable.

“It depends what the offer is,” he said. “I couldn’t even say because I’d have to speak with [Strahan].”

The state is expected to turn over evidence, such as police and forensic reports, through discovery soon, Mayo said, adding he plans to talk with Gallo early this week or next week.

A warrant said Strahan was in the kitchen when she raised her right arm and plunged a knife five inches into Vazquez’s chest, severing his aorta. A large, bloody kitchen knife was recovered near Vazquez’s head, according to the warrant.

Witnesses accounts are conflicting, Mayo said, with 22-year-old Rafael Montalvo admitting he was drunk when he first told investigators the couple collided when a knife-wielding Strahan rounded the corner into the kitchen.

Montalvo later told investigators Strahan’s face was “red with anger” when she confronted Vazquez in the kitchen.

Eighteen-year-old Mikaila Evila told police Vazquez, Strahan and two friends returned to the apartment drunk around 2:45 a.m., after spending most of the night bar-hopping.

Evila, who was sober, didn’t see whether Strahan lunged at Vazquez with the knife because her body was partially obstructing the kitchen doorway, the warrant says.

Strahan, a nurse’s assistant, had threatened to commit suicide earlier in the night, retrieving a knife from the kitchen and stabbed herself through a jacket. She suffered two cuts on her stomach, police said.

Police found a golf-ball-sized cellophane bag of crack cocaine in the apartment.